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I know of a guy in my area with a Mars franchise. He can't get any business doing all of the other things besides windshield repair they do, so now he has a big ole trailer full of high dollar equipment and out of desperation he sits under a tent on a street corner doing $30.00 windshield repairs. His fancy trailer full of other equipment sits parked at his house 90% of the time while he does the FREE WINDSHIELD REPAIR tent thing. Not hard to figure out how successful the other aspects of his business are. He could have saved himself about $40,000 and just bought himself a windshield repair kit and a tent! By the time he pays MARS his franchise royalties, tent rental, etc. he can't be making enough to cover his big initial investment.